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The specialist finance provider says in the fourth quarter of 2018 alone, four new residential and buy-to-let challenger lenders which previously operated only in England and Wales were set to open their doors to Scots brokers and borrowers.

To cop with the increased demand Your Expert Group said it had launched an academy in partnership with Glasgow Enterprise Gateway and had taken on four new recruits at its new Glasgow office, trained in different areas of specialist lending.

The firm's director of specialist lending Nathan Ellis-Calcott said: “There’s a buzz in Scottish financial services that I haven’t seen for many years but it’s not coming from where you’d expect.

"While Scotland’s pedigree is globally recognised in relation to pension funds, investment management and insurance, it has always lagged behind in the specialist lending market. 2018 was the year that started to change and Q4 will be decisive, with four new specialist lenders set to revolutionise the choice for the Scottish public, from everyday homeowners to sophisticated property investors. For brokers, this represents a significant commercial opportunity.”